| Official Name: | Gouldtown, New Jersey |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Cumberland County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Gouldtown |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cumberland County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 39.4122°N -75.1875°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cumberland |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Fairfield |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.83 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.83 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.32 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.32 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1601 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 566.53 |
| Population Density Km2: | 218.76 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 76 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 08302 (Bridgeton) |
| Area Code: | 856 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2806089 |
Gouldtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place[4] (CDP) in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the northwestern part of the county, in the northeast part of Fairfield Township, and it is bordered to the west by the city of Bridgeton, the county seat. New Jersey Route 49 runs through the community, leading east 8miles to Millville and west through Bridgeton to Salem.
As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,601.[2]
Gouldtown first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.[5]
| White alone (NH) | 131 | 8.18% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 1,036 | 64.71% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 87 | 5.43% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 6 | 0.37% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Other race alone (NH) | 9 | 0.56% | |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 82 | 5.12% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 250 | 15.62% | |
| Total | 1,601 | 100.00% |
Monroe Work catalogued it among "Negro" communities in his Negro Yearbook series.[7]
Gouldtown was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in 1818, current building constructed in 1860, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gouldtown include:
Gouldtown, a Very Remarkable Settlement of Ancient Date: Studies of Some Sturdy Examples of the Simple Life, Together with Sketches of Early Colonial History of Cumberland County and Southern New Jersey and Some Early Genealogical Records originally published in some for in 1913 in and published in 1923 Theophilus Gould Steward and William Steward. [10]